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U.S. President Donald Trump intensified pressure with a hard-line stance, saying he would intervene in Cuba — something past presidents failed to carry out. As the war with Iran winds down, tensions are rising over the possibility that the U.S. could launch military operations or other forceful actions against Cuba.
On the 21st (local time), at a White House event on environmental issues in the Oval Office, Trump said, “Other presidents have reviewed this issue for 50 to 60 years. The one who will carry it out will probably be me. I’m willing to do that.”
He also suggested that Cuban Americans could return to Cuba to offer support.
On the same day, Senator Marco Rubio told reporters that the likelihood of reaching an agreement with Cuba through negotiations is low at this time.
The U.S. recently indicted Cuban leader Raúl Castro over a 30-year-old incident in which Cuban forces shot down two civilian aircraft. International media also reported that the Nimitz carrier strike group has been dispatched to the Caribbean. Those developments prompted analysts to warn that the U.S. may have little time left before taking action against the Cuban government.
On the 21st, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the U.S. indictment of Castro as a “political maneuver without legal basis” and warned that any U.S. attack on Cuba would produce incalculable consequences.
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